The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary was the fourth round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Hungary. It was held on 5 May 2013 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród near Budapest, Hungary.

Race one was won by Yvan Muller of RML from pole position. Race two was won by Robert Huff for ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, the first win in the World Touring Car Championship for the team and Huff's first victory as the reigning champion.

Background After three rounds, Muller was leading the world drivers' championship and James Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

The compensation weights were revised for the Hungarian rounds with the SEAT León WTCCs gaining of ballast and the Honda Civic WTCCs gaining of ballast.

Campos Racing expanded to two cars with Hugo Valente returning to the championship to drive alongside Fernando Monje.

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Free practice Gabriele Tarquini was the quickest driver in the first free practice session on Saturday morning with Tiago Monteiro in second making it a Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team 1–2. Muller was third ahead of the third Honda of Norbert Michelisz. Valente was the quickest SEAT driver in fifth and Slovakia race two winner Tom Coronel was seventh. Charles Ng was black flagged for exceeding the track limits repeatedly.

Chevrolets filled the top three positions at the end of the free practice two with Muller leading teammate Tom Chilton and bamboo-engineering's James Nash. Huff was the top SEAT driver in fourth ahead of Michelisz and Coronel. Tarquini and Monteiro and seventh and eighth both set fastest lap times of 1:55.547. James Thompson was ninth in the best placed Lukoil Lada Sport car. A number of drivers were warned for exceeding the track limits but Stefano D'Aste was black flagged for doing so repeatedly.

Qualifying Tarquini was quickest in the first part of qualifying. Fredy Barth set his best lap late in the session which knocked Pepe Oriola out of the top twelve. Nash and Mehdi Bennani were the final two drivers who would go through to Q2 and both were in the pits but Oriola was unable to beat their times for earlier on. Thompson had earlier in the session been running in the top ten but ended the session sixteenth having been called in for weighing near the end of the session.

Michelisz held the fastest time briefly until Muller demoted him moments later, a time the rest of the Q2 participants couldn't beat. The RML driver took pole position ahead of local driver Michelisz and the two works Honda drivers. Tarquini aborted his first lap and at the end of the session and returned to the track near the end of the session to set a time to put him third on the grid ahead of Monteiro. Nash was the quickest independent driver in seventh while his teammate Alex MacDowall in tenth would take the pole position when the grid was reversed for race two.

Tom Boardman had all his times removed when his car failed the ride height check after Q1, he would start at the back of the grid for both races.

Warm-Up Michelisz was fastest in warm–up ahead of Huff and Muller. Franz Engstler was black flagged for repeatedly exceeding the track limits.

Race One Muller retained his lead at the rolling start with Michelisz and Tarquini remaining second and third respectively. Further down the field at turn two a number of drivers were caught out by a pileup. Darryl O'Young ran into the back of Monje who then collided with Barth while O'Young hit Thompson who retired on the spot with a broken right rear suspension. Oriola also retired at the second corner while Barth returned to the pits for repairs. A number of other drivers were also delayed by the incident including Monteiro who suffered a puncture on the pit straight at the start of lap two and collided with the tyre wall on the outside of the first corner when he was unable to stop. Muller and Michelisz distanced themselves from the rest of the field where Tarquini was running third ahead of Huff. Chilton had been running behind them early on before Bennani ran wide at the penultimate corner allowing Coronel through. Coronel battled with Chilton for a number of laps until the RML driver made a mistake that let both Coronel and Bennani through. Coronel quickly caught up to fourth placed Huff but was unable to take the place, the pair had made light contact on several occasions before Coronel made a mistake and Bennani re–passed the ROAL Motorsport driver. Michelisz had been closing in on Muller in the final laps but couldn't pass and Muller took the win. The battle between Huff and Coronel had allowed Tarquini to break away into a safe third place and Bennani finished fifth to take the independents' victory.

Race Two Before the start of the race the Honda Civic of Monteiro was being repaired following the crash in race one but problems with starting the car meant he was not able to get going before the end of the repair time, he therefore started the race from the end of the pit lane. MacDowall was on pole position for the standing start but he was passed straight away by Bennani who took the lead while Huff put himself up into second place. On the exit of the second corner, Tarquini was turned around across the front of Muller's car and was launched into the barriers before coming back across the track in front of Michelisz and then collecting Engstler. The safety car came out while the cars were cleared from the track and Tarquini received medical assistance. The race distance was extended by two laps and Bennani led away at the restart on lap five but Huff took the lead around the outside at the first corner. Having been given a drive–through penalty, Barth then stopped in the pit entry three laps from the end. Huff won the race with Bennani close behind while the Bamboo cars of MacDowall and Nash finished third and fourth ahead of Muller.

Tarquini and Engstler were taken to Budapest's military hospital following their collision, Engstler was discharged later in the day while Tarquini was kept in overnight while still suffering neck pains.

Results

Qualifying Name Team Car Q1 Q2 Points 1 12 Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:54.173 1:53.426 5 2 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 1:54.397 1:53.806 4 3 3 Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1:54.076 1:53.953 3 4 18 Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1:54.546 1:54.048 2 5 15 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 1:54.657 1:54.077 1 6 23 Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 1:54.490 1:54.181 7 14 James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:54.767 1:54.270 8 1 Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 1:54.193 1:54.380 9 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:54.778 1:54.455 10 9 Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:54.498 1:54.533 11 17 Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 1:54.652 1:54.972 12 73 Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 1:54.569 1:55.054 13 74 Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León WTCC 1:54.851 14 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:54.958 15 26 Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 1:55.103 16 10 James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1:55.168 17 55 Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 1:55.229 18 7 Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 1:55.283 19 19 Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.299 20 38 Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 1:55.452 21 8 Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 1:55.608 22 20 Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 1:55.882 23 37 René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 1:56.656 EX 22 Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY Excluded Bold denotes Pole position for second race.

— Boardman had his times deleted when his car failed the ride height test after qualifying.

Race 1 Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 23:17.125 1 25 2 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 12 +0.617 2 18 3 3 Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 12 +12.670 3 15 4 1 Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 12 +13.573 8 12 5 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +13.861 9 10 6 15 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 12 +14.133 5 8 7 23 Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 12 +15.021 6 6 8 9 Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +17.343 10 4 9 14 James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +18.073 7 2 10 17 Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 12 +18.465 11 1 11 38 Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 12 +23.782 20 12 20 Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 12 +28.395 22 13 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 12 +29.116 14 14 26 Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 12 +30.474 15 15 7 Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 12 +34.221 18 16 19 Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 12 +35.498 19 17 8 Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 12 +39.708 21 18 37 René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 12 +44.193 23 NC 55 Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 5 +7 Laps 17 Ret 22 Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 3 Puncture 24 Ret 18 Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 1 Puncture 4 Ret 73 Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 1 Race incident 12 Ret 74 Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León WTCC 0 Race incident 13 Ret 10 James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 0 Race incident 16 Bold denotes Fastest lap.

Race 2 Name Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Robert Huff ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 14 29:35.871 3 25 2 25 Mehdi Bennani Proteam Racing BMW 320 TCY 14 +0.426 2 18 3 9 Alex MacDowall bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 14 +4.043 1 15 4 14 James Nash bamboo-engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 14 +4.465 4 12 5 12 Yvan Muller RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 14 +4.783 9 10 6 15 Tom Coronel ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC 14 +5.490 6 8 7 23 Tom Chilton RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 14 +6.835 5 6 8 5 Norbert Michelisz Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC 14 +7.232 8 4 9 17 Michel Nykjær NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6TY 14 +8.413 10 2 10 55 Darryl O'Young ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TCY 14 +8.663 14 1 11 26 Stefano D'Aste PB Racing BMW 320 TCY 14 +10.180 13 12 10 James Thompson Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 14 +14.305 22 13 18 Tiago Monteiro Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 14 +14.886 20 14 7 Charles Ng Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 14 +20.289 15 15 22 Tom Boardman Special Tuning Racing SEAT León WTCCY 14 +23.547 24 16 74 Pepe Oriola Tuenti Racing Team SEAT León WTCC 14 +24.227 11 17 38 Marc Basseng ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCC 14 +25.395 17 18 19 Fernando Monje Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 14 +26.536 16 19 20 Hugo Valente Campos Racing SEAT León WTCCY 14 +31.352 23 20 8 Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Lada Sport Lada Granta 14 +32.330 18 21 37 René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT León WTCCY 14 +32.710 19 22 73 Fredy Barth Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TCY 11 +3 Laps 21 Ret 6 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TCY 0 Race incident 12 Ret 3 Gabriele Tarquini Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC 0 Race incident 7 Bold denotes Fastest lap.

— Monteiro started from the pit lane.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Yvan Muller 160 2 Gabriele Tarquini 114 7 3 Robert Huff 68 4 Tom Chilton 67 5 James Nash 65

Yokohama Independents' Trophy standings Pos Driver Points 1 James Nash 59 1 2 Alex MacDowall 53 1 3 Michel Nykjær 52 2 4 Mehdi Bennani 38 1 5 Darryl O'Young 29

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 332 2 Lada 179

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.